Snails are not really my favourite creepers, but I find their eyes amazing. They are constantly on the move. I observed this one navigating her way through her world: the rough terrain of our back door steps. She had one eye carefully cast in my direction, scrutinizing my every move (not that I moved much lying flat on my tummy in the carport), and the other forwards to watch where she was going. All her observing didn’t prevent her from having an accident – A second later she had fallen down the steps. It’s good that she was wearing a helmet! It didn’t take her long to come out of her shell again and continue. Now that I am writing this, I discovered the lesson she tried to teach me: Watch out, take your knocks …and continue your journey :)
It is raining a lot in UK at the present time, and this is snail weather. The annoying thing is that I have to try to navigate around them. I have saved dozens, and some I accidentally trod on. Such is the life of a snail.
Thanks Alex
The sad part is, a gardener’s heart will stop on reading your lines. (As you certainly gathered I am not a gardener :) .
I love the eyes as well. Sometimes I wish I had eyes like that when I’m driving!
Thanks Dianne,
Yes, they certainly would come in handy to look around corners :)